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Princes forecasts 60 per cent pea yield as growers trial chickpeas
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Growers produce an estimated 160,000 tonnes of peas a year, using viners costing £750,000 apiece.
Vining pea growers across Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and East Yorkshire reported a near-third drop in the number of peas picked and processed.
Allen Giles, general manager at the Holbeach Marsh farming co-operative in Lincolnshire, said conditions this season had been comparable.
The co-operative typically harvests about 10,000 tonnes of peas across 2,200 hectares each year, most of which are frozen.
“We’ve grown some chickpeas this year for the very first time and they look quite good, they’ve enjoyed the hot weather,” Giles said.